Comments on: Kathryn Monet

By: Sami

Sami — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:52:38 +0000

I have an interview coming next week for the position of Academic Advisor with SACM!!

Any suggestions, or recommendation !

I myself was on a scholarhip when i first came to study in the USA, and I know what it means to have a good advisor and a school mentor !

A job well done Kathryn,,,seems like you are irreplacable !! and best of luck with your future endeavors.

Sami.

By: Hamidah

Hamidah — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:46:39 +0000

What an amazing woman Kathryn Monet is, someone I would love to get to know, to connect and to learn from as I am just stepping in the SACM Academic Advisor. Its been only 5 weeks and I know I am in the right place because I can make a difference to students like you. Can I get the email or address contact of Kathryn please and you can pass her my email.
I love reading your blogs and you are so talented to write.
Please keep me in your mailing list and I will reading more of your blogs you have posted before this.
Everthing has its time and reason. Its a blessing that I bumped into your blogs.
Let us stay Healthy and Happy!
Hamidah Bahashwan

By: Bedys

Bedys — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:12:36 +0000

Hi Kathryn,

I am contemplating working as an Acadmeic advisor at SACM, why is it that you said it was a thankless job? Now I’m a little nervous about my wish to apply for it.

Many thanks and congrats on this recognition.

By: kathryn

kathryn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:56:23 +0000

I’m touched & honored that you had such nice words to share about our short time together at SACM. Michele Miller just sent me an email about this post, to make sure I knew about it. I truly appreciate this post, as a lot of the time, being an academic adviser was a thankless job.

In the end, if you can do everything with ALOHA, you’ll be successful. I’ve explained the acronym below….
Akahai (kindness)
Lokahi (unity)
‘Olu’olu (agreeability)
Ha’aha’a (humility)
Ahonui (patience)

I think you’re well on your way to living aloha : )

By: Chiara

Chiara — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:44:25 +0000

What a wonderful tribute in the post, and in Alkhars comment to a woman who obviously loved and excelled at her job. Such people in such a delicate position are irreplaceable. One can only hope the new one is as good while being different by definition.

Changing countries to study is not easy, and international students often are afraid to take advantage of campus supports, culturally misunderstanding their role, eg. thinking they report to the uni, or the police, or will be prejudiced, or there is shame in going to them. I met an African woman whose government scholarship was delayed and who slept on her office floor and “fasted” until money finally arrived, not realizing the uni had emergency funds available for this purpose, or that there was health and mental health care, family support services, career counselling all indepedent of the student’s academic program

Someone like your Kathryn Monet in an off campus, culturally sensitive service (if government allied) is especially valuable as a transition helper and general support.

Kudos to her and others who serve in these types of roles.

By: Murtadha

Murtadha — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:35:31 +0000

@ADNISA,
She isn’t Saudi. She is American. But I don’t think gender plays that big difference in the perception of saudi studying abroad. It is more about the person who cause people to admire him/her.

By: ADNISA

ADNISA — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:28:35 +0000

I don’t know her personally and neither have I heard of her, but she is the only Saudi woman about whom I am findoing out that she is appreciated by Saudi students. Its not so easy to be admired by Saudi students. Especially if you are a women.

Wish her the best of luck.

http://adnisa.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/saudis-in-america/

By: alkhars

alkhars — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:12:29 +0000

it’s really sad to hear that she left her position in SACM. She helped me a lot when she was my adviser. She is the best adviser I’ve ever dealt in SACM so far. I really wish her the best in life.